Rickie Collins

[orange_in_VA]

I'd rather have AJ Long at QB. I'm not joking

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Collins was "target fixated" on his primary receiver, and never looked off the safety.

He'll have plenty of film to watch this week.

 

[Dmcnabbrules]

Collins was "target fixated" on his primary receiver, and never looked off the safety.

He'll have plenty of film to watch this week.

He really should have had two or three more picks. What scares me is SMU will have plenty of film to watch too.

 

[tep624]

He really should have had two or three more picks. What scares me is SMU will have plenty of film to watch too.

Villari wildcat in 5…4….3…

I mean I’m half joking right now lol.

 

[Cuse On 3]

We haven’t really seen carney or Williams play. It’s absolutely worth giving it a go with either guy.

 

[tep624]

Not to pile on but this was Rickie’s big shot and he just looked lost out there. I’m not even sure where the staff goes from here. I wonder if Carney can step in….

 

[richmondcuse03]

Our defense just isn't good enough.
under Fran, we've outscored teams. Last year we scored over 30 points in every win but one. We only held 2 teams to under 20 points and one of them was Holy Cross. Our defense is consistently bad and occasionally ok. I don't believe Collins is capable of running a 30 plus point offense.

Neither do I. We were clearly counting on a higher powered offense. Need to to switch things up. Staff has shown a willingness to adjust in the past. We will see what happens next week. They’ve yet to lose two in a row. They tend to rally under Fran.

 

[Scooch]

We haven’t really seen carney or Williams play. It’s absolutely worth giving it a go with either guy.

I don’t think game #6 is when you just give it a go with a freshman QB. Collins is likely the starter the rest of the way, IMHO. Unless several games go by and he becomes unplayable.

 

[capeorange]

Neither do I. We were clearly counting on a higher powered offense. Need to to switch things up. Staff has shown a willingness to adjust in the past. We will see what happens next week. They’ve yet to lose two in a row. They tend to rally under Fran.

I hope you're right.

 

[justgold315]

Let him learn from his mistakes and play another game. If he does not improve at SMU, time to go with Carney or Williams. I'm not going to pile it on, but two more interceptions were dropped. He missed guys open and didn't even see them. A lot of this is on Nixon and the OL, but Collins made many bad decisions. Hopefully he learns from it

 

[GHLF]

they eliminate the crown of the helmet/ launching contact (makes sense for both players ) and now you want to take away shoulder tackling ? how bout we give them all velcro flags to pull off. if a dude is changing angles and going to the ground there is going to be some helmet contact at some point. do you honestly believe any contact to the helmet is automatic targeting ?

Cut the knees and aim for the head, And I have no idea what you're talking about nor insinuating. I know what I saw failed to mention concerning knee shots earlier. I am fully aware of tackle drills and proper form. By the way that was not targeting He did however go for his head/ neck. It is football however. I trust we will not forget this game when we meet them again ever. Really good football team, Real dirty though for sure. Typically don't mix.

 

[Sammy407]

Well it looks like those fears of Rickie being CDRW 2.0 came true. Haven't seen this bad QB play since the Grob era.

 

[tbonezone]

Angeli spread the ball around. i don't have the exact rickie target numbers but
johnny cook had 8 receptions 84yds (2 fumbles) . the others villari (2) JRS (2) , gill (2) , ross (5).
that's a combined 11 for 110 yds. gotta choose your weapons and then use your weapons

 

[orangeinohio]

Who gives a sh$t that some fans thought a couple months ago that Collins was going to be better than Angeli or was going to be good enough?
I don’t understand why it’s popular with some people to give ‘I told you so’ takes.
It doesn’t matter.

 

[tep624]

Who gives a sh$t that some fans thought a couple months ago that Collins was going to be better than Angeli or was going to be good enough?
I don’t understand why it’s popular with some people to give ‘I told you so’ takes.
It doesn’t matter.

Couple of months ago? They were calling for Collins during the UCONN game.

 

[Irt4su]

On the positive side, he also couldn’t run at all either.

 

[Cuse On 3]

Who gives a sh$t that some fans thought a couple months ago that Collins was going to be better than Angeli or was going to be good enough?
I don’t understand why it’s popular with some people to give ‘I told you so’ takes.
It doesn’t matter.

Found the guy who thought Collins was going to be better

 

[wiseman3]

Well it looks like those fears of Rickie being CDRW 2.0 came true. Haven't seen this bad QB play since the Grob era.

CDRW is exactly who he looked like out there. And it's been a very long time since I've seen a qb just fumble the ball untouched in a perfect weather dome when attempting to drop back and throw

 

[orangeinohio]

Found the guy who thought Collins was going to be better

I didn’t know, like almost everyone else.
For that reason, i don’t post idiotic statements about how this current problem was predictable.

 

[Cuse On 3]

I didn’t know, like almost everyone else.
For that reason, i don’t post idiotic statements about how this current problem was predictable.

Was just messing with you I have no idea if you did or not.

 

[David321]

I'll admit that in the first half of the UConn game I wanted to see Collins. One of my worst takes ever. Now I never want to see him again!

Come back to me Steve.

 

[sufan59]

Who gives a sh$t that some fans thought a couple months ago that Collins was going to be better than Angeli or was going to be good enough?
I don’t understand why it’s popular with some people to give ‘I told you so’ takes.
It doesn’t matter.

It really doesn’t. We can’t play Steve Angeli anymore this season. Rickie Collins is the QB. We are a 3-2, 1-1 football team. Let’s rally around the guy and hope he improves each game unless coaches decide otherwise (Carney time). I knew it would be a learning curve, I hoped our defense and run game would compensate especially today. Although admittedly, perhaps the learning curve is a little larger than I thought it would be. I was impressed with his arm, perhaps now that he has a full start under his belt, he becomes more encouraged to improve and work through feedback than get less discouraged. FWIW, while I can see why Angeli won the job (his floor is much higher than Rickie’s) there was some moments in the game that made me feel at times that his ceiling is higher. Those moments were short lived, but if you can see what went right in those moments and work to made it more consistent we may have something in this QB. The ceiling and floor discussion though won’t matter soon enough because at some point you just have to accept what a QB is. It’s still too early to make judgements on Rickie though.

 

[Scooch]

Who gives a sh$t that some fans thought a couple months ago that Collins was going to be better than Angeli or was going to be good enough?
I don’t understand why it’s popular with some people to give ‘I told you so’ takes.
It doesn’t matter.

Because some posters whole schtick is to constantly talk about how dumb the board is.

 

[cusefan88]

You don't make a change. Let him play next week. If they decide to make a change after that you have the bye week to do it.

 

[721Comstock]

You don't make a change. Let him play next week. If they decide to make a change after that you have the bye week to do it.

Yup, 144% THIS.

We’ve now got a ton of film, and they’ve got a week to try to coach him up.

And also a week to try to modify the gameplan so that it is something he can actually do.

If it’s another stinker, then next man up after that!

We got pleasantly surprised when Dungey was forced into action as a Frosh.
Maybe Carney can make something good happen?

All that said - unless ERob’s D looks more like it did @ Clemson, and less like, well, pretty much every other game…
at some point Fran is going to have to make a very difficult, very personal decision:

The Block S, or his buddy.